I was anxiously lamenting all the little fires in my life to a friend over tea recently. “There’s so much, and I don’t even know where to begin. How do…
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Journal. Diary. Blog. Archive. Memoir. There is a myriad of names for the timeless act of recording your daily thoughts and feelings, but is it right for you? Maybe you’ve…
The beginning of 2020 brought about the end of a decade – a time to reflect on the past and create hopes and dreams for the future. However, we quickly…
For months, people have been enduring an onslaught of news coverage surrounding the election, as well as many strong differing viewpoints. It can be exhausting to take in all this…
You can’t forgive without loving. And I do not mean sentimentality. I do not mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, ‘I forgive. I’m finished…
For some of us, the pain of loneliness and the trap of isolation begins gradually. Friends move away, begin having families, or throw themselves into their new business venture or…
There are unique differences between women and men who seek out treatment for substance abuse. More than the obvious biological differences, there are social and environmental factors to consider as…
Understanding the intricacies of our mind-body connection is so incredibly important to the goal of treating and healing women from the destruction of substance abuse in all aspects of their…
When you find yourself ready to leave a life of addiction, fed up with “life so far”, and desperate for another way, what you need is more than simply time…
“At times or most times, I find being black means being forced into a small tight space and being told that I cannot come out until I conform to a…
